Berger will give you load data for their bullets if you e-mail them. I'm going to be giving them a try in my x-bolt next summer, post up your results and save me some time working up a load.
I have been loading my own hunting ammo for 30 years, but last year I bought a new rifle in 300 WSM and didn't have time to get dies and work up a load before I took it hunting. I went out and bought one box each of three different brands of 180 grain bullets. I ended up finding one brand that...
If you are trying to decide which one to buy, do like I did and shoot both of them and pick the one you like. I liked the way the X bolt handled and felt when I shot them so that's what I got.
I have a Browning X Bolt Stainless Stalker in 300 WSM. It weighs 6lb 8oz and is the most accurate out of the box gun I have ever shot. Adjustable trigger and a really nice recoil pad, it doesn't kick bad at all for a light gun.
I am sold on Burris scopes, I bought my first one around 1979. Shortly after I got it my gun ended up dropping about 6 feet and landing pretty much on the scope, the scope survived but the reticle rotated when you turned the power adjustment ring.
I sent the obviously damaged scope back to...
I have only used 180 grain Accubonds in my Browning 300WSM and they performed very well on whitetail. Hopefully I will get to try them on an elk next year. I was going to use a 150 grain for deer but I found some Black Hills Gold on sale loaded with the Accubonds just to try them out and when...